Static to Dynamic

Bobsmith428

Cut our triple play and went with Internet only. They provided us with a new router (CR1000A). I have a Amcrest camera that was assigned a static IP address with the previous router. I can only access the camera when I'm using the local network, internet does not work. Was told to get rid of the static address and make it dynamic to see if that helps. I could not find any information on how to do that. Can someone help me release it back to dynamic?

Thanks

Cang_Household

I not sure there is merit with the advice of changing static IPs to dynamic.

I am not sure the exact mechanism of the IP camera, so I could only guess. It probably needs a port forwarding to expose it to the Internet, which is intrinsically unsafe. Or it might be the new router's firewall is being "overzealous" and blocked common IP camera's extensive use of NAT slipstreaming technology. This widespread technology is also intrinsically unsafe.

My recommended way would be hosting a VPN server at home and connect to the VPN server when remote. This would give you access to all or selected devices on your network.